7 On Your Side: Database contains complaints about financial companies

Are you in the market for a new loan or credit card? There's a new database you might want to check first before signing on the dotted line.

In less than five years, more than 600,000 complaints about financial companies that have been logged into the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau data base. It's a wealth of information open to the public.

Watch the video in the player above for 7 On Your Side's full report on this new, free resource.